Cricket, Women’s Asia Cup 2024: India look for their eighth title – All you need to know

India is the most successful team in the tournament, having reached all eight previous finals and winning seven titles.

Cricket, Women’s Asia Cup 2024: India look for their eighth title – All you need to know

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The 2024 Women’s T20 Asia Cup, which is set to begin in Sri Lanka on Friday, will mark the ninth edition of the continental tournament.

The tournament will be held in the T20I format for the fifth consecutive time and will act as a preparatory event for the upcoming 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, which is slated to be held in Bangladesh in the months of October and November.

A total of eight teams will compete in the Asia Cup. The teams have been divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Groups

Group 1: India, Nepal, Pakistan and United Arab Emirates

Group 2: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand

Reigning champions India will start as the favourites in the competition and have been drawn in Group 1 alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, Nepal, and the United Arab Emirates.

Group B, meanwhile, consists of hosts Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Thailand.

India have traditionally dominated the Women’s Asia Cup and will be expected to cruise to the title once again. They have won all but one edition of the tournament – they lost the 2018 final to Bangladesh.